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Technology Stocks : The Electric Car, or MPG "what me worry?" -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: orkrious who wrote (57)	9/26/2006 11:01:01 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 17486

i think it's a cool idea. of course, even an electric car is effectively running on hydrocarbons--they are just hydrocarbons used to produce electricity, instead of being combusted in your engine. if their car does what they say it can they will have no problem selling 1000 units or whatever. but it will be a long time before the infrastructure is in place to make these practical vehicles for ordinary people. i don't think they break even on 1000 units. that is only $100 million--it probably cost more than that just to develop the technology. but if they prove to be good products, they will have no problem getting all the backing they need for the next 5 years. then they can sell themselves to GM -ng-.